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332 (560 a) Spizella socialis arizonee Coues. 



Wkstern Chipping vSparrow. 



Syn. — Spizella socialis; Eniberiza socialis; Spizella domesiica arizonce. 

 Status — Common summer visitant nearly throughout the State, breeding from Upper 

 Sonoran to Boreal; winters to a limited extent in the San Diegan district. 



333 (562) Spizella breweri Cassin. 



Brewer Sparrow. 



Syn. — Eniberiza pallida; Spizella pallida; Spizella pallida var. breweri. 



Status — Common summer visitant to the more arid foothill regions of the interior 

 chiefly along the southern Sierras; more generally distributed during migration; re- 

 corded west of the Sierras to Santa Barbara and Sacramento; winters irregularly in the 

 vSan Diegan district (Los Angeles County). 



334 (565) Spizella atrogularis (Cabanis) Baird. 



Black-chinned Sparrow. 



Status — Common summer visitant to the arid foothill regions of the southern Sierras and 

 desert ranges, north to Owens Valley, Walker Basin, and Cahuenga Valley, Los Angeles 

 County; recorded casually to Alameda and Monterey Counties. 



335 (567; Junco hyemalis hyemalis (Linnieus) Sclater 



Slate-colored Junco. 



STATt's — Rather rare but seemingly regular winter visitant; the fifteen or more points of 

 capture are pretty evenly distributed through the State south to San Diego. 



336 (567 a) Junco hyemalis oregonus (Townseud) Ridgway. 



Oregon Junco. 



Syn.— y««fo oregonus, part; Junco oreganus oreganus. 



Status — Common winter visitant to the northern part of the State west of the Sierra 



Nevada, south along the coast belt regttlarly to the San Francisco Bay region; recorded 



south casually as far as Pasadena in midwinter. 



337 (567 b) Junco hyemalis shufeldti Coale. 



Shufeldt Junco. 



^\ii .—Junco oreganus shufeldti. 



Status — According to R. Ridgway, an occasional winter visitant to northern and eastern 

 California (Humboldt Bay, Shasta County, etc.). 



338 (567 c) Junco hyemalis thurberi Anthony. 



Sierra Junco. 



^\ti.— Junco oregonus, part; Junco hyemalis oregonus, part; Junco oreganus thurberi; 



Struthus oregonus, part; Fringilla hudsonia. 

 Status — Common summer breeding species in the Transition and Boreal Zones along the 



whole length of the Sierras; scatters in winter nearly throughout the State. 



